Disclaimer: I don't own anything or anyone but Charlotte Phantomhive (my Black Butler OC), Vulpecula, and Nick, celestial spirit of the Phoenix. I think those are the only OCs.
Warnings: same as in previous chapters
Hey guys!
I got a review asking for a list of the crossover characters in this story, so here it is! I think I got them all…
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Toph Beifong; Zuko, Aang, Katara, Sokka, Suki, Oppa, Momo at the Games
Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji: Charlotte Phantomhive (OC half-demon), Elizabeth Midford (Charlotte's mom, very talented swordswoman), and Mey-Rin (her tutor, former sniper and assassin) at the Games
Blue Exorcist: Rin Okumura (half-demon Son of Satan) and Kuro (cat sidhe/demon) in the guild; Yukio, Shiemi, Bon, Izumo, Shima, Konekomaru, Shura, Mephisto Pheles, Amaimon, and Angel at the Games
Chaos;Head: Kozue Orihara aka Kozupii
How to Train Your Dragon: Ryder (real name Hiccup Haddock III) and Toothless, Astrid, Valka (Hiccup's mom), Stoick Haddock (Hiccup's dad), Snotlout (his's cousin), Fishlegs, Tuffnut & Ruffnut at the Games
Naruto: Itachi Uchiha, probably Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, etcetera at the Games
Ouran High School Host Club: Haninozuka 'Honey' Mitsukuni (the celestial spirit Lepus the hare) and Morinozuka 'Mori' Takeshi (the celestial spirit Lupus the wolf)
Rise of the Guardians: Jack Frost, minor characters Sophie and E. Aster Bunnymund from chapter 10
Sword Art Online: Asuna Yuuki, Kazuto 'Kirito' Kirigaya, Yui, and possibly other characters later on
Teen Titans: Raven Roth (half-demon, became a superhero, traveled dimensions to get to Earthland)
And there you go!
Enjoy!
"Next we have Natsu Dragneel, Fire Dragon Slayer and Fairy Tail's infamous Salamander, up against the lovely and talented Lucy Heartfilia, the Aurora of the High Heavens!" Max announced excitedly.
He smirked as he heard the Tenrou Group snicker to themselves when Lucy got more applause than Natsu did.
Oh yes, Lucy had become quite popular over the years. It helped that she rarely destroyed anything, or at least anything important.
The twenty-four year old in question walked up to the center of the stadium the guild had rented out, and some of her old friends were a bit surprised at what she was wearing. Not because it was something weird, but because it was more fit for combat than anything else they'd ever seen her wear.
She wore a gray tank top, loose black pants, and black running shoes. She wore a black leather jacket as some added protection in case she was thrown into something, and her usual gold heart necklace.
Natsu, on the other hand, wore his usual clothes.
He grinned at her. "Ready, Luce?"
"Yes." She answered with a smile, hand ready so that she could requip a key (or three) the moment their battle began.
"I'm all fired up!" Natsu shouted excitedly as the gong rang, signaling that they could start.
He immediately sprang forwards with fire surrounding his fists, wanting to get too close to Lucy for her to use her whip, only for Lucy's body to disappear the second he came close.
"Eh?!" he shouted, startled.
"What?" Erza asked, intrigued.
Toph grinned, knowing that she was the only one who could tell what Lucy was doing. Or part of what she was doing, at least.
Indeed, the moment the bell had rung, Lucy used the time that it had taken Natsu to use his usual 'I'm fired up' catchphrase to summon Virgo and Vulpecula, the former immediately taking her underground and the former casting strong illusions to trick Natsu into thinking that she was still on the surface.
Virgo began working on a digging a tunnel system under the battlefield as Lucy took a light pen out from her pocket and began writing a few rune traps as the human and celestial spirit waited for Natsu to take a wrong step.
"Come on, Lucy!" Natsu protested from above, body tense and straining his senses in the hopes of finding out where she was hiding. "Come out and play!"
In response Lucy requipped another key, which glowed for a second.
"Natsu Dragneel…" the pinkette heard a voice from behind him, and he turned to see a man with red and gold hair, gold eyes, and tanned skin staring at him thoughtfully.
"Who're you?" Natsu asked rudely.
"I am the celestial spirit of the Phoenix…" the man answered. "Lucy-hime nicknamed me Nick, however, so feel free to use that name."
"Great." Natsu said with a scowl, knowing the phoenixes were creatures of fire. Then he decided that he might as well launch and attack. "FIRE DRAGON ROAR!"
He was only slightly surprised (and a lot bummed out) to see that the spirit hadn't gone back to the Spirit World, unharmed as the dust settled.
'Maybe if I overwhelm him?' he wondered, launching into a barrage of punches and kicks as the spirit dodged him gracefully. 'Depends whether he's immune to fire or if he's just nullifying my attacks…'
Erik smirked at the Fire Dragon Slayer's thoughts, interesting in how he thought during fights since their own fight when Natsu's mind had gone blank to counteract Erik's magic so he could land a hit.
Warren, on the other hand, was shocked.
He had only gotten into the practice of reading people's minds when he didn't actually need to when Cobra and Kozupii joined the guild, since they had both been surprised that he hadn't taken advantage of such a useful ability, and so he'd never heard Natsu's thought process when he was fighting.
Natsu…actually had some skill analyzing his opponents, he didn't just attack and hope for the best.
Good to know.
Natsu grimaced at the celestial spirit emerged from their one-sided battle unharmed from the flames, though at least the Phoenix had a few bruises. After all, Natsu's fire wasn't the only thing from his attacks that hurt.
"Luce, just get on with it." He muttered quietly, carefully eyeing his surroundings while keeping tense in case Nick attacked him while he was distracted. "I know you're up to something…"
"Ask and you shall receive." Lucy's amused voice said from behind him, and Natsu turned his body halfway around (so he could still defend himself from the phoenix if needed) to see her standing there with a smile, dirt on her clothing.
"Fight me yourself." He said with a pout.
"I am." Lucy informed him with a teasing grin. "I power the attacks of my spirits while they're in our world."
"You know what I meant." Natsu said, wrinkling his nose.
"Why should I?" she asked. "You haven't so much as come near me, much less land a hit. I could easily lead this to a draw by letting the timer run out…"
Natsu scowled, lunging towards her…
Only to have the group collapse, bringing him down.
"The hell…" he muttered with a groan, trying to get out from under the rubble.
It didn't work, and it got worse when a rune trap appeared.
"Virgo and I didn't just hide while we were down there." Lucy explained with a satisfied grin.
Natsu growled. "What're the rules?"
"You're compelled to answer any question I ask of you, and obviously you can't escape." Lucy explained with a shrug. "But that's not the interesting part…"
"Eh?" Natsu asked warily.
Lucy smirked as Nick stepped behind her. "It's impossible to lie in the presence of a phoenix, so you'll be forced to tell the truth. The trap will disappear once you've surrendered to me."
Natsu's eyes widened in shocked surprise.
And so did everyone else's.
"I've never heard of a celestial spirit that could do that." Makarov said thoughtfully.
"Neither have I." Freed and Levy, two of the smartest people in the guild, said in unison, and Levy burst into giggles as Freed continued. "And she used my magic, Jutsu Shiki, too…I will admit, I did not see that coming."
"She learned a lot while you all were missing." Jellal said quietly from his place behind them, where he was relaxing with Erza before her own battle.
The Tenrou Group smiled sadly at the reminder that they had missed so much.
"Damn, go Lucy." Gray muttered, impressed. "Chose the one condition Flamebrain won't meet…"
"Love Rival has Gray-sama's attention!" Juvia cried silently.
Gray sweatdropped. "You do remember she's with Laxus, right?"
Not that he wanted to encourage her, he thought uncomfortably.
…Geez, hopefully Lucy would never catch him in front of Phoenix. He suddenly felt a lot more sympathy for Natsu.
"Ah, don't worry about it, Juvia!" Cana reassured her as she threw an arm over the Rain Woman's shoulder. "This is a battle, all of us have our attention on them!"
"Juvia supposes so…" the blunette murmured, still pouting slightly.
"Not happening." Natsu refused, thinking (well, hoping) that it was a joke and that she would let him go so that their battle could continue.
"I was hoping you would say that." Lucy said with a devious grin.
Suddenly the rune barrier appeared in full, so that people besides Levy and Freed (and Natsu, since he was inside) could see it. It flashed pink before Natsu was forced out from under the debris, levitating in the air.
"Damn it!" Natsu whined as he tried to get down. His magic was no help in this situation. "Put me down!"
"Not a chance, this is something I'll probably never have the opportunity to do again." Lucy scoffed, knowing that all Natsu had to do when faced with Phoenix in the future was keep quiet and he wouldn't be forced to tell the truth, whereas now the runes were making him give an answer.
"Shit." Natsu groaned.
"I should charge people to have me ask you questions." He heard her mutter to herself before she shook her head. "No, the time would run out too quickly. Anyway, first question…oh, this way you can prove to Cobra that dragons exist! Did the fire dragon Igneel really raise you?"
"Yes." Natsu answered truthfully, relaxing slightly. That wasn't bad.
He smirked slightly as he heard Cobra curse in the background.
"Question two: who in Fairy Tail are you most afraid of?"
"At the moment, you." He answered. "Damn spirits…"
Lucy snickered. "Aside from me?"
"Erza." The answer was immediate.
The Tenrou Group face-faulted. He had faced GILDARTS during the S-Class exams, with the mage scaring the hell out of him with the full brunt of his power, and he was still more scared of Erza?
Even Evergreen, who had a healthy fear for the redhead after their fight in the Battle of Fairy Tail, was skeptical at that.
"Question three." Here, Lucy looked honestly curious. "Are you really as oblivious to girls as you act?"
Mirajane squealed happily when Natsu answered 'no.' There was hope for him yet!
"Well I could have told you that!" Erik scoffed. "When we first fought he thought up a dirty joke to test my Sound Magic!"
A majority of the guilds' mouths dropped in shock.
"He knows what a dirty joke it?" Bickslow asked in surprise.
Erik nodded. "It was a good one, too."
"I thought so." Lucy mused thoughtfully, glancing into the audience at the girl she was fairly sure Natsu had noticed. His first real crush, since it sounded like even the thing with Lisanna was mostly her. "Question four: who do you like romantically?"
"Not you." Natsu grit out.
To which the blonde rolled her eyes, completely unbothered. "A name, Natsu."
Natsu's eyes widened in horror as he felt the runes try to force an answer out, knowing that he couldn't lie because of the spirit still standing behind Lucy.
Damn. No choice, then.
"You win!" he said hastily.
"Thanks!" Lucy said with a smile, immediately dispelling the runes (Natsu floated down gently) so that the answer wasn't forced out of him despite his surrender. It wasn't like she didn't already know, anyways. "But seriously, you should tell her at some point before someone else wises up."
"And in an interesting turn of events…" Max sounded all too amused, in Natsu's opinion. "The victor is Lucy Heartfilia!"
The girl in question blew a kiss to the crowd as they cheered (and catcalled), quietly gesturing at Virgo so that the maiden would refill the tunnels she had created, and the spirit bowed before doing so.
Mirajane pouted at the proof that NaLu would never happen. There went her OTP.
…Not that Laxus and Lucy weren't cute together. She'd just forgotten that in the heat of the moment.
She froze in realization, glancing at Lisanna, who was staring down at the arena thoughtfully.
Lisanna had had a crush on Natsu for years before she was thrust into Edolas and everyone in Earthland thought she had died.
Were those feelings still there? Was she the girl Natsu liked?
But she had had fun on her date with Bickslow, so maybe she had gotten over him…
Oh, if only Natsu had given her a name to work with!
Meanwhile Ultear was being bombarded by dozens of people requesting to buy a copy of the fight from her, since she had been tasked with using her magic to record it.
She sighed forlornly, only to feel a powerful aura from behind her and turn around.
Itachi, calm as ever but projecting his chakra, staring past her.
Glancing back forwards, she saw that the people had run away.
And she smiled.
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This was a fair bit different than the original fight. Vulpecula was brought out (she wasn't in the original story at all) to make Natsu think Lucy was still there when he first attacked her, Phoenix was the reason Natsu was forced to tell the truth instead of the runes forcing him too, and Lucy asked a few more questions.
